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February 28, 2015

Spotlight: The Intern's Handbook by Shane Kuhn

Hey everyone! Today I'm doing a spotlight feature on THE INTERN'S HANDBOOK by Shane Kuhn - which was just released in paperback on February 24th! This novel has been a bestseller and international hit - and there's already a movie in the works! Read on for more info on the book, the movie, and the author.

The Intern's Handbook

Author: Shane Kuhn

Genre: Dark Humor/Thriller

Release Date: February 24, 2015 (paperback)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Description:

John
Lago is a very bad guy. But he’s the very best at what he does. And what
he does is infiltrate top-level companies and assassinate crooked
executives while disguised as an intern. That’s the secret behind HR,
Inc., the elite “placement agency” that doubles as a network of
assassins for hire who take down high-profile targets that wouldn’t be
able to remember an intern’s name if their lives depended on it.

At
the ripe old age of almost twenty-five, John Lago is nearing his
mandatory retirement with HR Inc. His last assignment is at New York
City’s most prestigious law firm on assignment to assassinate one of the
firm’s most heavily guarded partners.

Part
confessional, part DIY manual, The Intern’s Handbook chronicles John’s
final assignment, a twisted thrill ride in which he is pitted against
the toughest – and sexiest – adversary he’s ever faced: Alice, an FBI
agent assigned to take down the same law partner he’s been assigned to
kill.

Praise:

“The Intern's Handbook, an advice guide for aspiring killer-interns compiled by a veteran,

has all the testosterone-bloated wisdom of Tucker Max mixed with the satire of American Psycho."

-Entertainment Weekly

“A sexy, darkly comic thriller with cinematic flourishes”

-New York Daily News

“Kuhn has found a powerful theme in the working world.”

-CNN

“Faceless and forgettable, an intern’s as invisible as a ninja in fluorescent lights—and, at least in John Lago’s case, just as deadly”

-NPR

“Believable dialogue, a whip smart and cynical central character… help wrap up this nasty package with a pretty little bow.”

John
Lago spends the majority of his time sucking up to hedge fund big wigs
and powerful lawyers by making copies and brewing perfect cups of
coffee. He could tell his superiors his name a hundred times and they
would still forget it because they have no respect for someone at the
bottom of the barrel, working for free. The irony is that they will heap
important duties with total abandon and unlimited access; but what they
don’t know is that there is more to John Lago than just an intern…

Simon & Schuster, in partnership with Wunderkind PR, would love to hear what interns think of The Intern’s Handbook. Interns
will be selected from over twenty companies to receive specially marked
copies of The Intern’s Handbook. We’d love to hear what interns think
of the book through reviews, feedback and images featuring the Twitter
and Facebook hashtag #internships.

** Soon to be a Major Motion Picture by Sony Pictures, with Dave Franco (Neighbors, 21 Jump Street) to star **

Shane Kuhn is
a writer and filmmaker with twenty years of experience working in the
entertainment business and the ad world. In feature film, he has writing
credits with Universal, Paramount, Sony, and Fox, and a writing and
directing credit with Lionsgate. In the world of independent film, he is
one of the four original founders of the Slamdance Film Festival and
currently serves as an Executive Board member of Slamdance, Inc. A
shameless product pusher in the ad world, he has worked as a copywriter,
creative director, and broadcast video director and producer for
several notable brands and charitable organizations. As a college
baseball player, he threw a fastball in the low 90s but his career was
cut short by a Bull Durham strike zone. The Intern’s Handbook is his
first novel. He lives with his wife and family in a bi-coastal/mountain
migration pattern that includes Massachusetts, Colorado, Los Angeles,
and San Francisco.